Improvement in ice and water urns



`E. A.v PARKER'.

Improvement in Ice and Water Urns.

Patented March 1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND A. PARKER, of fest Meriden, in the countyT of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new I1n provement in Ice-Urns;` a-nd I do .hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with Vthe accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents,in-

Figure 1, a front view, and in, Fig. 2 a sectional side view.

This invention relates to an improvement in ice and water urns, the object being the arrangement of the urn so as to be tilted for drawing water therefrom; and it consists in the arrangement of the urn upon trunnions at the neck or top of the urn, and in a frame in which the supports for the urn continued form a handle by means of vwhich to move the urn.

A is a base from which rise two posts, B B, and between these the urn C is hung, the said urn being constructed with double walls a b, in like manner as common water-urns. At the upper edge or top of the urn, upon opposite sides, trunnions d are arranged, which, resting in the posts B B, support the urn, as seen in Fig. l, leaving it free to swing between the posts, the body of the urn being below the trunnions. Upon the front side of the urn a spout, l), is formed, and upon this a convenient knob or handle, f, is arranged, and a cover, E, set on to close the urn in the usual manner.

To draw water from'the urn, the person taking. hold of the knob f presses down, causing the urn to tip, as denoted in broken lines, Fig. 2, until the water is drawn therefrom released from the pressure, it immediately returns to its perpendicular position.

It' occasion require to remove the urn from the posts a notch, n, on one post, is cut into the seat for the trunnion, so that the trunnion may be raised from its sea-t and the other withdrawn.

This construction possesses the advantages ofthe common urn, as it maybe placed in such position that the back side cannot be reached.

It also possesses the advantages ot' a pitcher,

without the disadvantage that one hand must be able to reach and grasp the handle upon the back side while water is to be drawn from the front.

As a convenience for moving the urn from place to place, when required, I continue the posts B over the top, from one to the other,

to form a bail or handle, F, as seen in Fig. 1.

I cla-im as my inventionl The urn G, constructed'with trunnions d at its upper edge, andsuspended in posts B, when constructed with the spout D and a device thereon for tilting the urn, substantially as set forth. a y y EDMUND A.`PARKER.

Witnesses:

JN0. M. MORSE U. WELCH. 

